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Only had my v8 for a few weeks. The motorhead has become hard to push suddenly. I looked at it and part of the rubber bar at the back had flicked out over the red tabs holding it in. I tucked it back in but I don't think it is right.

1. Is the rubber strip meant to be like that?2. Is there an easy fix, or has someone else experience with a similar problem? Maybe I have missed something simple that would make it silly to go through packing up the whole thing and sending it back to Dyson and all the hassle that comes with.

Collector and restorer of vintage vacuums, Dyson Appreciator! Come and see my blog, where I am uploading all my mountains of brochures, manuals and other vacuum cleaner paperwork, and also my youtube channel @beko1987!

Update. Contacted Dyson who just sent a new head straight out to me. Then I fixed the old (with new found confidence that it didn't matter if I broke it), levered the whole purple rubber bit out so it was completely free and then seated it back properly as it clearly wasn't before. Now I have 2 :)

It's always easier to give it a go when you know it doesn't matter if it snaps! Nice one

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Collector and restorer of vintage vacuums, Dyson Appreciator! Come and see my blog, where I am uploading all my mountains of brochures, manuals and other vacuum cleaner paperwork, and also my youtube channel @beko1987!

help! the rubber purple bit of my Dyson V 8 - out of warranty- has popped out and the black bits that hold it in place won't go back into the red teeth bits ( sorry for lack of correct jargon). I am out of warranty and it won't push about properly any advice on how to get it back in would be really appreciated.